21st Century
A01=Jee Leong Koh
American
Author_Jee Leong Koh
BAME
Category1=Non-Fiction
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IMPN=Carcanet Press Ltd
ISBN13=9781847772275
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PD=20150730
POP=Manchester
Price=€10 to €20
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PUB=Carcanet Press Ltd
Subject=Poetry
Product details
- ISBN 9781847772275
- Weight: 91g
- Dimensions: 135 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jul 2015
- Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: Manchester, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Singapore-born poet Jee Leong Koh’s first book to be published in Great Britain is rich in detail of the worlds he explores and invents as he follows his desire for an unknown other, moving tentatively, passionately, always uncertain of himself. His language is colloquial, musical, aware of the infusion of various traditions and histories. ‘You go where? / I’m going from the latterly to the litany, from writs to rites.’ The poems share many of the harsh and enriching circumstances that shape the imagination of a postcolonial queer writer. Taking leaves from other poets -- Emilia Lanyer, Eavan Boland, Xunka’ Utz’utz’ Ni’, Lee Tzu Pheng -- Koh creates a text that is distinctively his own.
Jee Leong Koh is the author of Steep Tea (Carcanet), named a Best Book of the Year by UK's Financial Times and a Finalist by Lambda Literary in the USA. His hybrid work of fiction, Snow at 5 PM: Translations of an insignificant Japanese poet, won the Singapore Literature Prize in English fiction. He was also shortlisted for the prize for The Pillow Book (Math Paper Press/Awai Books), Connor and Seal (Sibling Rivalry), Sample and Loop (Bench Press), and Inspector Inspector (Carcanet). Koh's work has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Malay, Vietnamese, Russian, and Latvian. Originally from Singapore, Koh lives in New York City, where he heads the literary non-profit Singapore Unbound.
